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Hillbilly Highway. U.S. Route 23 (top) and Interstate 75 (bottom), roadways that have each been dubbed the "Hillbilly Highway". In the United States, the Hillbilly Highway is the out-migration of Appalachians from the Appalachian Highlands region to industrial cities in northern, midwestern, and western states, primarily in the years following ...
The West Virginia coal wars (1912–1921), also known as the mine wars, arose out of a dispute between coal companies and miners. The West Virginia mine wars era began with the Cabin Creek and Paint Creek strike of 1912–1913. [1] With help from Mary "Mother Jones" Harris Jones, an important figure in unionizing the mine workers, the miners ...
Paint Creek–Cabin Creek strike of 1912. The Paint Creek–Cabin Creek Strike, or the Paint Creek Mine War, [1] was a confrontation between striking coal miners and coal operators in Kanawha County, West Virginia, centered on the area enclosed by two streams, Paint Creek and Cabin Creek. The strike lasted from April 18, 1912, through July 1913.
Coal Wars. Tennessee miners attacking Fort Anderson during the Coal Creek War in 1892. The Coal Wars were a series of armed labor conflicts in the United States, roughly between 1890 and 1930. Although they occurred mainly in the East, particularly in Appalachia, there was a significant amount of violence in Colorado after the turn of the century.
Residents of Australia can watch all Australian games, plus major matches such as the semi-finals and final, free on 9Now. In the UK, the final also will be shown for free on Channel 5 ( My5 ).
Review: Labor organizers score against Amazon in 'Union,' a complex, essential documentary. Robert Abele. October 25, 2024 at 10:29 AM. It’s a strange, seesawing time for labor rights and union ...
At least 162 injured. One mill guard death. The United States textile workers' strike of 1934, colloquially known later as The Uprising of '34[4][2][1] was the largest textile strike in the labor history of the United States, involving 400,000 textile workers from New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and the U.S. Southern states, lasting twenty ...
Cricket Fever: Mumbai Indians is a 2019 Indian sports documentary television series that follows the 2018 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, the Mumbai Indians, as they seek to defend their 2017 championship. The series was produced by Condé Nast Entertainment and premiered worldwide on Netflix on 1 March 2019.